BA in Dance
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Students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Dance must pursue a minor in education. Students will be required to take 42 credits to satisfy the University Core requirements, 21 credits to satisfy the minor in education, 3 credits of English at the 3300 level or higher, and 54 credits in the major.
All students seeking the Bachelor of Arts in Dance Education are required to earn a minimum grade of "C" in all DANC designated courses.
Concentrations
- 7-12 Dance Teacher Certification
Bachelor of Arts in Dance with a Minor in Education
Students pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Dance must pursue a minor in education. Students will be required to take 42 credits to satisfy the University Core requirements, 21 credits to satisfy the minor in education, 3 credits of English at the 3300 level or higher, and 54 credits in the major.
Degree Plan
Required Credits: 120
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Background Check Required | ||
| A complete background check is required of all students who wish to receive teacher certification in the State of Texas. Students will be required to pass a background check before certification will be conferred by the State Board of Educator Certification (SBEC). | ||
| ESOL Track | ||
| Students who completed ESOL 1311 and ESOL 1312 will need to also complete ESOL 2303 with a grade of C or better. | ||
| University Core Curriculum | ||
| Complete the University Core Curriculum requirements. | 42 | |
| Dance Major | ||
| Foundations (27 Credit Hours) | ||
| DANC 2301 | Improvisation | 3 |
| Ballet Foundations I | ||
| Ballet Foundations II | ||
| Contemporary Foundation 1 | ||
| Contemporary Foundation 2 | ||
| History of Dance as a Perf Art | ||
| Dance Production | ||
| Somatics | ||
| Choose one of the following: | 3 | |
| American Dance Forms - Jazz | ||
| American Dance Forms Hip Hop | ||
| Amer Dance Forms-Music Theatre | ||
| Total | 27 | |
| Embodied Studio Practices: Choose 15 credit hours | 15 | |
| Intermediate Ballet I | ||
| Intermediate Ballet II | ||
| Advanced Ballet I | ||
| Advanced Ballet II | ||
| Intermediate Contempor Dance 1 | ||
| Intermediate Contempor Dance 2 | ||
| Advanced Contemporary Dance 1 | ||
| Advanced Contemporary Dance 2 | ||
| American Dance Forms - Jazz | ||
| American Dance Forms Hip Hop | ||
| Amer Dance Forms-Music Theatre | ||
| Seminar | ||
| Embodied Theory Practices: Choose 12 credit hours | 12 | |
| Performing Arts Management | ||
| World Dance | ||
| Dance Theory and Composition | ||
| Dances of Mexico and Spain | ||
| Performance Activism | ||
| Choreography | ||
| Seminar | ||
| Choreography II: Group Forms | ||
| Performance Studies | ||
| Secondary Education Minor | ||
| Required Courses: | ||
| DANC 4394 | Dance Pedagogy | 3 |
| EDPC 3300 | Developmental Variations | 3 |
| RED 3342 | Content Area Literacy | 3 |
| SCED 3311 | Curriculum Plan-Secondary Schl | 3 |
| SCED 3317 | Multicultural Ed in Sec School | 3 |
| SCED 4691 | Student Teaching in Sec School | 6 |
| English Upper-Division Electives: | ||
| Select three hours of the following: | 3 | |
| Intro. to Literary Studies | ||
| Literary Studies | ||
| Literature and Film | ||
| Grammar and Writing | ||
| Gothic Literature | ||
| Children's Literature | ||
| Young Adult Literature | ||
| English Phonetics & Phonology | ||
| Detective Fiction | ||
| Chicana/o Literature | ||
| American Literature to 1865 | ||
| Am. Literature 1865 to Present | ||
| Struct Engl for Lang Professnl | ||
| African American Literature | ||
| Native American Literature | ||
| Postcolonial Literature | ||
| British Literature Before 1485 | ||
| Sixteenth-Cent. Prose & Poetry | ||
| Shakespeare | ||
| Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry | ||
| 17th Century Prose and Poetry | ||
| Literature of the Bible | ||
| Jewish American Literature | ||
| Holocaust Literature and Film | ||
| Early Modern British Drama | ||
| Restoration & 18th Century Lit | ||
| World Literature | ||
| Contemporary Global Literature | ||
| Romantic Literature | ||
| Victorian Literature | ||
| History of Form I | ||
| History of Form II | ||
| Am. Poetry 1900 to Present | ||
| Editing | ||
| Multimdl & Hybrid Frms in ELA | ||
| English Laboratory | ||
| The Dynamics of Language | ||
| Reading and Writing Nonfiction | ||
| Reading/Responding/Literature | ||
| Computers and Writing | ||
| Special Topics in Writing | ||
| Women in Literature | ||
| Southwestern Literature | ||
| Folklore and Mythology | ||
| Folklore Of Mexican American | ||
| Senior Writing Practicum | ||
| Chaucer | ||
| Milton | ||
| Literary Criticism | ||
| Development Of English Drama | ||
| Am. Nonfiction/Poetry To 1900 | ||
| American Fiction To 1900 | ||
| Early 20TH Cent Am. Fiction | ||
| Am. Fiction 1945 to Present | ||
| The American Drama | ||
| British Drama Since 1880 | ||
| Advanced Literary Studies | ||
| British Novel thru 18th Cent | ||
| British Novel: 19th Century | ||
| British Novel: 20th Century | ||
| Maj Am. Writer(s) through 1900 | ||
| Maj Am Writer(s) since 1900 | ||
| Writing Processes of Children | ||
| Tch Compos and Lit in Sec Schl | ||
| Sp Subjects in Engl for Tchers | ||
| Directed Study | ||
| Workplace Writing | ||
| Technical Writing | ||
| Adv Composition:Rhet Theory | ||
| Advanced Composition: Argument | ||
| Total Hours | 126 | |
University Core Curriculum
NOTE: The department may make specific suggestions for courses which are most applicable towards your major.
Psychology and Criminal Justice majors and minors are required to take MATH 1320 Math for Social Sciences I or a higher level Calculus course.
Business majors are required to take MATH 1320 Math for Social Sciences I or a higher level Calculus course.
NOTE: All courses require a C or better
Communication
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select six hours of the following: (Note: ESL students should take ESOL 1300 & ESOL 1312 | 6 | |
| Written and Oral Communication | ||
| Writing About Literature | ||
| Expos Engl Compos-Spkr Esl 1 | ||
| Res & Crit Writng Spkr Esl 1 | ||
| Rhetoric & Composition I | ||
| Rhetoric & Composition 2 | ||
| Rhetoric, Composition & Comm | ||
| Total Hours | 6 | |
American History
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses: | ||
| HIST 1301 | History of U.S. to 1865 | 3 |
| HIST 1302 | History of U.S. Since 1865 | 3 |
| Total Hours | 6 | |
Language, Philosophy & Culture
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| English Literature | ||
| English Literature | ||
| Intro to American Fiction | ||
| Intro to American Drama | ||
| Intro to American Poetry | ||
| Making of the "Other" Americas | ||
| World History to 1500 | ||
| World History Since 1500 | ||
| Introduction to Philosophy | ||
| Ethics | ||
| Introduct to Religious Studies | ||
| Seeing & Naming: Conversations | ||
| Introduction to Womens Studies | ||
| Global Feminisms | ||
| Total Hours | 3 | |
Mathematics
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Math in the Modern World | ||
| Math for Social Sciences I | ||
| Calculus I | ||
| Calculus I - Part A | ||
| Calculus I - Part B | ||
| Calculus I - Part C | ||
| Precalculus | ||
| Pre-calculus - Part A | ||
| Pre-calculus - Part B | ||
| Pre-calculus - Part C | ||
| Math for Social Sciences II | ||
| Descriptive & Inferential Stat | ||
| Elementary Statistical Methods | ||
| Total Hours | 3 | |
Life & Physical Sciences - Lab
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select one of the following: | 1-4 | |
| Astronomy Lab I | ||
| Introductory Biology Lab | ||
| Human Biology Laboratory | ||
| Topics in Study of Life I | ||
| Organismal Biology Laboratory | ||
| Human Anat/Physio Lab I | ||
| Human Anat/Physio Lab II | ||
| Laboratory for CHEM 1305 | ||
| Laboratory for CHEM 1306 | ||
CHEM 1407 | ||
CHEM 1408 | ||
| Environmental Sci. Lab | ||
| Non-major Lab for ESCI 1301 | ||
| Lab for GEOL 1313 | ||
| Lab for GEOL 1314 | ||
| Laboratory for GEOG 1306 | ||
| Principles of Earth Sci - Lab | ||
| Laboratory for Geology 1212 | ||
| General Physics I | ||
| General Physics II | ||
| Introductory Mechanics | ||
| Introductory Electromagnetism | ||
| Total Hours | 1-4 | |
Life and Physical Sciences
A minimum of two semesters of lecture and one semester of laboratory associated with one of the courses, or two semesters of combined (3 credit) lecture-laboratory courses (Only six hours apply toward the required 42.)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select six hours of the following: 1 | 6 | |
| Astronomy Lab I | ||
| Elem Astronomy-Solar System | ||
| Elem Astr Stars & Galaxies | ||
| Introductory Biology Lab | ||
| Human Biology Laboratory | ||
| Topics in Study of Life I | ||
| Organismal Biology Laboratory | ||
| Introductory Biology | ||
| Human Biology | ||
| General Biology | ||
| Organismal Biology | ||
| Human Anat/Physio Lab I | ||
| Human Anat/Physio Lab II | ||
| Human Anat/Physiology I | ||
| Human Anat/Physiology II | ||
| Laboratory for CHEM 1305 | ||
| Laboratory for CHEM 1306 | ||
| General Chemistry | ||
| General Chemistry | ||
CHEM 1407 | ||
CHEM 1408 | ||
| Environmental Sci. Lab | ||
| Non-major Lab for ESCI 1301 | ||
| Intro to Environmental Sci | ||
| Lab for GEOL 1313 | ||
| Lab for GEOL 1314 | ||
| Laboratory for GEOG 1306 | ||
| Principles of Earth Sci - Lab | ||
| Laboratory for Geology 1212 | ||
| Principles of Earth Sciences | ||
| Principles of Earth Science | ||
| The Blue Planet | ||
| Natural Hazards | ||
| Physical Geography | ||
| Intro to Physical Geology | ||
| Intro to Historical Geol | ||
| Fundamentals of Nutrition | ||
| Wellness Dynamics | ||
| Microorganisms and Disease | ||
| General Physics I | ||
| General Physics II | ||
| Introductory Mechanics | ||
| Introductory Electromagnetism | ||
| Total Hours | 6 | |
| 1 | Based on the major selected, options listed might not be applicable; please refer to the prerequisite area at top if one is present. |
Political Science
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses: | ||
| POLS 2310 | Introduction to Politics | 3 |
| POLS 2311 | American Gover & Politics | 3 |
| Total Hours | 6 | |
Social and Behavioral Sciences
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Intro-Phys Anth/Archeolog | ||
| Intro-Cultural Anthropology | ||
| Cultural Geography | ||
| Intro to Linguistics | ||
| Econ for Engrs & Scientists | ||
| Interpersonal Communication | ||
| Mass Media and Society | ||
| Principles of Economics | ||
| Principles of Economics | ||
| Introduction to Ed Psychology | ||
| Action Research in Classrooms | ||
| Introduction to Linguistics | ||
| Cultural Geography | ||
| An Intro. to Linguistics | ||
| Lang. Inside & Out: Sel Topics | ||
| Introduction to Psychology | ||
| Introduction to Sociology | ||
| Cultural Geography | ||
| Total Hours | 3 | |
Creative Arts
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Art Appreciation | ||
| History of Art I | ||
| History of Art II | ||
| Dance Appreciation | ||
| Intro-Art of Motion Pict. | ||
| Music Appreciation | ||
| Jazz to Rock | ||
| Music, Culture, and Society | ||
| Introduction to Theatre | ||
| Total Hours | 3 | |
Component Area Option
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Select two of the following: | 6 | |
| Intro to Global Business | ||
| Public Speaking | ||
| Business/Profession Comm | ||
| Intro-Computational Thinking | ||
| Computer Programming Sci/Engr | ||
| Inquiry in Math & Science | ||
| Seminar/Critical Inquiry | ||
| Total Hours | 6 | |